Branded Currency Conference Brings Industry Experts to Chicago

CHICAGO, April 9, 2018 (Newswire.com) - K+H Connection, a payment technology consulting firm, will be hosting their second annual conference, Flourish: The Growth of Branded Currency. The conference will take place on April 9th through the 11th at the Hyatt Centric Magnificent Mile located at 633 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611. Attendees will hear from over 50 speakers, sharing their expertise on numerous topics such as the digital use of gift cards, cryptocurrency, and new types of payment innovation.

Co-founders of K+H connection, Kristen Thiry, and Holly Glowaty are branded currency experts themselves. Both Thiry and Glowaty have over a decade of payments experience working for some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. During her time at Discover Financial Services, Thiry held many roles on both the card issuing side of the business as well as the network. She also had the opportunity to manage the gift card redemption program for Discover’s $1 Billion Cashback Bonus rewards program and ran the Discover Network branded pre-paid programs.

What we love about branded currency is that it allows consumers to prepay for future spending, often times without a specific future purchase in mind. What other tool or product can do that? We are excited to focus on the innovation happening in the space. Every session is designed to give our attendees tangible next steps so that we can move the industry forward faster than ever before.

Holly Glowaty, FlourishCon Founder

Glowaty has spent over 12 years working with merchants to create profitable partnerships in FinTech, Loyalty/Rewards, and Sports Marketing. She has represented major gift card portfolios for JCPenney and Staples; created numerous loyalty program partnerships and helped to develop relationships with merchants for the Chicago Fire Soccer Club and Raise.com. Recognizing the need to provide a time and place for their industry to gather and share insights, Thiry and Glowaty hosted their first FlourishCon in Spring of 2017 in Omaha.

"What we love about branded currency is that it allows consumers to prepay for future spending, often times without a specific future purchase in mind. What other tool or product can do that? We are excited to focus on the innovation happening in the space. Every session is designed to give our attendees tangible next steps so that we can move the industry forward faster than ever before,” said co-founder Holly Glowaty. FlourishCon will host over 50 speakers discussing a number of topics within branded currency:

• B2B gift card programs
• The future of mobile/digital gift cards
• Global challenges for branded currency
• How Cryptocurrency will effect branded currency

About Flourish: The Growth of Branded Currency: 

FlourishCon was launched in 2017, by co-founders Kristen Thiry and Holly Glowaty. Thiry and Glowaty also founded K+H Connection in 2015 as a payment technology consulting firm. Acknowledging spring as a particularly critical time their industry, Thiry, and Glowaty hosted their inaugural conference in 2017. The conference brings together top retailers and service providers to listen to industry experts and share meaningful networking.

For all media inquiries, please reach out to Samantha Frontera, at (847) 703-0529, or at sfrontera@exclusivepr.biz. For more information on Flourish: The Growth of Branded Currency, please head to https://www.flourishcon.com.

Source: K+H Connection

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